Vocabulary

• in the driver's seat: In a position of control or authority.
• in terms of
• credit rating: An evaluation of the credit risk of a prospective debtor, predicting their ability to pay back the debt, and an implicit forecast of the likelihood of the debtor defaulting.
• take out: To apply for and get a license
• go out: To leave a building (e.g. a house)
• eat into: To reduce the amount of something, especially money.
• in addition to: Besides; as well as
• in debt: State of owing money to a person or institution
• rely on: To depend on someone or something
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
• have to: Must do
• hinge on: To depend entirely on something.
• massive: Very big; large; too big
• scenario: An imagined sequence of events in a plan/project
• access: Way to enter a place, e.g. a station or stadium
• infrastructure: Basic necessary equipment for a country or region
• reinforce: To send more troops/resources to support an army
• position: Person's opinion or attitude about something
• amount: Quantity of something
• default: Automatic setting when no indicated preference
• debt: Sum of money owed to someone that is not yet paid
• contract: To become ill as a result of getting a disease
• criticism: Article or essay that judges quality
• momentum: Speed or force that is gained when something moves
• concern: To be about a particular topic
• capital: Writing the first letter of a word in big letters
• arguably: Highly likely to be true but not certainly true
• session: Period of time used for a specific activity
• expertise: The special knowledge that an expert has
• validation: Act of finding or testing the truth of something
• huge: Very very large
• stock: Animals such as cattle kept for breeding
• pace: Rate of speed at which something moves or happens
• excitement: When people feel very happy and enthusiastic
• fulfillment: Feeling of satisfaction from achieving something
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• validate: To show to be officially correct or allowable
• investment: Something purchased hoping its value will increase
• likelihood: Chance that something might happen
• role: Character played by an actor
• magnitude: Number representing force of an earthquake
• race: Speed contest between people, animals or vehicles
• credit: System to buy something and pay for it later
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• cement: Building material made from gray powder, water
• increasingly: More and more; in greater degree or amount
• shatter: To break into small pieces
• propel: To push, or make move in a certain direction
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• stand: To be a candidate in an election
• active: Moving around a lot or doing many things
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• jury: 12 citizens who decide if someone is guilty or not
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• visionary: Thinking about the future in an imaginative way
• barometer: Any instrument that measures atmospheric pressure
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• precarious: Not secure; likely to fall over/off; dangerous
• equity: Condition of people being treated the same
• circulate: To go round continuously
• spree: Short intense period of shopping/killing etc.
• contender: Athlete or team competing (and likely) to win
• view: Opinion, belief, or idea about something
• datum: Item of factual information
• tenant: Someone who rents a place from the owner
• center: Community place people go health or social reasons
• hinge: To be dependent on or caused by
• await: To keep ready for future needs
• oracle: Wise person who tells the future
• shorten: To make something, e.g. a skirt, shorter
• downgrade: To rate lower; to lower in value or esteem
• ceo: CEO for Chief Operating Officer